I must admit, it really is quite remarkable
what they have managed to build here.
And now, they are just going to tear it all down.
The more time you spend in the outside world, Prince Tafari,
the more you will see.
The outsiders' history is marked by cruelty and war.
It is why Wakanda never has nor ever will play any part in it.
This battle will certainly complicate our extraction.
Well, you know what they say, Kuda.
The greatest heroes in history
were forged in the fire of the gravest danger.
I'm fine. I'm fine.
The merchant came into the artifact
during his days as a pirate on the Indian Ocean.
If our intelligence is correct...
It should be located in his storage house,
right through the worst part of the violence.
Surely you have found yourself in more precarious situations before.
So, what is our move?
My move is to find a way
to navigate the battle undetected.
Yours is to sit back and watch.
Your parents only sent you here to observe, remember?
But perhaps if I offered some historical context,
it could help us navigate the state of play.
- My Prince... - You see,
the pale ones are from a place called Italy.
- My Prince... - And these Italians
seek to expand their empire into Ethiopia,
but they had no idea what was waiting for them.
Prince Tafari!
Okay, first of all,
silencing the son of the King could be considered treason.
We were outfitted for infiltration, not conflict.
Certainly not at this level. We must abort the mission for now.
What? What about the artifact?
A War Dog's mission is greater than one artifact.
Sometimes that means mitigating any number of dangers to the kingdom.
You are not suggesting I return home from my first mission empty-handed.
We need to move out now
while we still can.
Our history does not chronicle the stories of those who just...
just sat back and watched, Kuda.
Our time is now.
We are not here to make history!
Tafari! Tafari!
Tafari? Come in, Prince Tafari.
Get back now.
That is an order.
Do not make me break protocol.
Hold your position, I am coming for you.
Do not go for the artifact.
Repeat, do not go for...
I got it, I got it!
You do not look very happy to see me.
You disobeyed a direct order.
Ran right into the path of danger...
"It is the nature of a War Dog to walk their own path,"
"not the one set out for them."
I am sorry?
Director Noni,
the first War Dog to ever recover one of Wakanda's missing artifacts.
As we just have.
Perhaps you should be more focused on the present, my Prince,
if you actually want to make it back to Wakanda!
A prince may be able to do whatever he pleases,
but a field agent follows protocols.
Enough with the lectures, Kuda!
When we get back to the Golden City,
I will be telling the Director
there will be no more training ride-alongs.
It is for your own safety.
That is fine with me.
I wanted to ride with the legendary Kuda of the Mining Tribe,
the agent who slayed the pirate Ben Pease.
Not whoever this is.
What happened to you?
I grew up, my Prince.
I had a family.
Perhaps one day, you too will understand.
I have a duty to return home to them.
And what of your duty to Wakanda, hmm?
I can do little to honor either if I kill myself chasing foolish glory.
And yet, it was my foolish glory that got us the artifact.
With any luck,
it will be a story told for generations.
The work of a War Dog is meant to be invisible, my Prince.
The mission is what matters, not the story that is told about it.
Well, that is easy for you to say.
You have already secured your place in history.
I am still searching for mine.
You are the son of the Wakandan King and Queen.
Third son.
My eldest brother is destined for the throne.
And I am not destined for, well...
anything.
I thought perhaps if I joined the War Dogs,
I could find a way to write myself into Wakanda's story.
Although, it is hard to believe I will do that chasing things like this.
An axe is not exactly the pinnacle of technology,
even by the outsiders' standards.
This is not even its original handle.
The blade is vibranium.
The outsiders are already killing themselves with their own weapons.
Imagine what they would do with ours.
For our own good and theirs,
we must secure our technology at...
What in the world?
Kuda, look out!
Tafari?
Distress protocol.
No beacon.
Tafari?
Prince Tafari? Prince Tafari?
What is that?
Whatever you are, we have no quarrel with you.
Stop, or you will be stopped.
Weapons. We need weapons.
Kuda, incoming!
Tafari!
Tafari, take the axe.
Run south. Go!
Kuda. No, I can help.
No.
Kuda.
Now, Tafari!
You... You are Wakandan?
Yes.
Please. There is no time for this.
No, no, no. She cannot be.
I know every field operative in the service,
and I have never seen this woman before.
I realize this may be difficult for you to understand.
But I beg you, the fate of our home hangs in the balance.
You are not from our home.
I will be.
What?
What does that even mean?
I can show you.
Now, just open your eyes.
Tafari.
What happened?
Kuda, this is...
the Golden City.
Five hundred years from now.
No. This wasteland cannot be Wakanda.
In my time, it is just a graveyard.
The site of our final defeat.
But how did this happen?
The Horde. They came from the edge of the galaxy
and blotted out the sun with their numbers.
Ha!
The nations of Earth united to fight them,
except for the one nation who could have made the difference.
Wakanda's laws dictate that we cannot help outsiders.
So, the outsiders were left helpless.
And when the Horde set their sights on us,
even we were not powerful enough to resist.
We fought back.
But they still killed us all.
We were all that remained of our home.
A handful of Dora Milaje, our General,
and me, the Queen of Wakanda, the last Black Panther.
We were stranded,
but we were also surrounded by the remains of Wakandan technology,
including my quantum scanner.
In peaceful times, it was used to study history.
Now, it was my only hope.
Every moment is a link in a chain of events.
Each leading to the next.
So we set out to find the link that led to our doomed future.
And break it.
It took years.
But eventually, we found it.
A perfect hinge point that, if restored, could set everything right.
And it all begins
when a forgotten son of Wakanda finds that axe.
It is his first step in a campaign
to usurp the Wakanda throne.
It sets off a chain reaction
that opens the rightful King's eyes to the outside world.
Wakanda integrates with the rest of humanity.
Yes.
And with the world united, the Horde invasion will be defeated.
All because of an axe?
We have little time left.
Adwa is already falling.
And when it does, the axe must be exactly where it was found.
- No. - Kuda.
We have our mission.
And so do I.
Once the axe is returned, my timeline will realign with this one
and rewrite everything the Horde has done.
I do not know what trickery she used to put those images in our minds,
- but we... - Please.
My time jump here nearly killed me.
The Heart-Shaped Herb allowed me to survive,
but I will not be able to endure another one.
Uh, perhaps if there was some other way you could prove it to us.
You say you are from the future.
Ah, yes! Yes.
So, tell us something only a future person could know.
I know...
I know your queen is pregnant with a fourth child.
A girl.
More lies.
Alarm. Chronal sink in fatal collapse.
Quantum window closing in three...
No! Not now!
It has to go back!
Kuda, we have to put the axe back.
No. No.
Kuda!
We must tell the Council what we have seen.
They will make the decision.
Kuda, she said this city could be gone any minute.
This is about the fate of Wakanda, the world.
The time to act is now.
This is a suicide mission, Tafari.
Kuda!
I should not be telling you this,
but what she said about my mother is true.
She is pregnant.
It is a secret only the royal family knows.
The War Dogs have always said their missions
are about protecting the people of Wakanda today
to ensure the future of the people tomorrow.
Like my sister. And your family, Kuda.
We are talking about the future of our species.
It is all that matters.
And it has fallen to us.
You are right, my Prince.
This is our mission now.
Oh, thank Bast,
I did not think you would agree.
It will not be easy.
The merchant's house is right in the epicenter, just beneath that tower.
Then, we better hurry.
No!
My Queen. My Queen! Is it done?
No.
The axe is with two Wakandan agents.
Prepare another jump.
I am going back.
You will not survive.
The mission is not finished.
And if it stays unfinished,
all of this will be for nothing.
Pull whatever power you can.
I don't care if it's the last ounce we have.
How did they find us?
They must have clocked the power draw.
Seal the lab!
The merchant's house is 300 yards straight ahead.
You remember where you found the axe?
The Panther said it needs to be left exactly where it was.
Oh, yes, in a hidden compartment inside a grandfather clock.
Hurry! We're closing in. Only a hundred meters to go.
Tafari!
No!
Keep moving, my Prince.
It is hopeless, my Queen.
Even if the jump does not kill you, we cannot hold the Horde back without you.
We have to close the passage to keep them out of that timeline.
Then, I must stay. And defend the passage.
We cannot let the Horde invade their time, too.
But, Your Highness, our mission.
It is in our ancestors' hands now.
If they have faith enough to believe what I have told them,
then we must have faith that they will find a way to succeed.
There. Just behind that tower.
Let's go, then.
Not bad for a royal prince, eh?
Yes, I am very impre...
Tafari, move!
Kuda! No!
Don't worry, Kuda. I will get you out.
Just hold on.
Stay on mission, my Prince.
No! Kuda!
I, uh... I am fine.
You must return the axe.
There is no time to get me out.
No! I will not leave you.
You have a duty to your family.
This is what it means
to be a War Dog.
This is the price we pay.
Complete the mission.
Look at that. You are finally following my orders.
Ha!
No!
My Queen...
Okay.
Okay, okay. Nine o'clock on the dot.
Kuda, it is done!
The axe is back, we did it! We...
Kuda.
Oh, no.
Wakanda Forever.
Wakanda Forever!
Whew.
I did tell you I would get you home.
Not bad, my Prince.
Not bad at all.
I have never returned home empty-handed before.
How do we know if any of this was worth it?
We had no other choice.
The sheer level of destruction assures
that whatever remains of the axe was destroyed with the rest of the city.
I want to be clear, abandoning the mission was my call.
Although Kuda is the senior agent,
well, I am the prince.
I pulled rank.
I must applaud your bravery before the Council and your parents.
I know how much you have wanted to cement your place in history.
And now you have actually saved it,
and yet, no one will ever know.
It is the mission that is important, Kuda,
not the story that is told about it.
I just wish I could see this future we fought for.
Or at least, know how long it will take to come to pass.